"It's as if they built it just for you!"

This was the subject line of an email I received from my college roommate/buddy Peter S.. In the email was simply this link.

He hit it right on the nose. Thanks, Pete!

I agreed completely with......The Republicans

As I was driving to school this morning I heard a story on NPR about voting qualifications in Georgia. If you choose to listen to the story, I think you will immediately fall on one side or the other of this debate in the Georgia state legislature.

I know that one of my big life lessons being a teacher is imparting the idea that we all are accountable for our actions and that inherent in all of us who live in this society have to take on personal responsiblities. So for the Democrats in Georgia who make the argument that not having a valid photo identification leading to a disqualification from voting will disenfranchise voters is bull. So there are people who live in rural Georgia counties who may have to go out of their way to get a valid ID outside their county. It is their responsibility to get an ID and not have laws be left on the books simply to accomodate their lack of effort (notice I did not use the work lazy). Perhaps I am missing something or do not know the entire story, but I really can't think of any situation in which someone could not find a way to get a valid photo ID. So in this case: Republicans - 1 Democrats - 0

Ode to my backscratcher

Bamboo Happiness


Everyday I come home from work, and you lie there just as I left you on my bed in the morning

Your simple existence can bring me such joy and physical relief/pleasure that I must simply yelp

Then yesterday, you were no where to be found. Where had you gone? Could a visitor have absconded with you, my Bamboo Happiness?

For a miserable two hours, you were no where to be located and I felt as if I had lost a great friend

But you are located under a large leather chair? What are you doing there? No answers required, though. It is good to have you back at my beck and call

Our Economy Must Be Healthy

This past Saturday, the Head-Royce parents association held its annual auction. I've always felt that if a couple is willing to spend (ok, let's be honest, it's a redistribution of cash between the already rich and wealthy) $7,000 on a homemade ceramic pig that was uniquely decorated, things in our economy must be good. The NY Times actually had an article about the correlation between school auction success and the US economy.

My guest for the evening was my beloved friend Kathryn K.. If that last name rings familiar to you older generation of readers, does this Time Magazine cover jog your memory? If not, the man on the Time cover is the late Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee. He is best known for leading the Senate Commission that broke organized crime. Ok, back to Kathryn. She is a writer and I want to give a plug for being published in a book about travel writing. Here's a link to buy The Best Traveler's Tales 2005.. The two of us came home with loot.

Kathryn won the table raffle prize which turned out to be a couple gift certificates (Noah's and Jamba Juice I think) and a beautiful orchid/floral arrangement. She was very happy. I, on the other hand, put in a bid on a set of five Klaus Teuber board games during the Silent Auction. I bid on these games last year at the auction but was outbid at the end. This year, I ensured myself of not being outbid by enlisting a student volunteer to keep having me rebid if someone out bid me. Here's a picture of them.

The Settlers of Catan and four other Klaus Teuber games